Cricket
The local tournament continued at the James Ronald Webster Park. Two matches were played over the weekend. On Saturday Masters defeated the ALHCS team. Masters batted first and made 120 for 7 wickets from 19.4 overs. Lawrence (Lalu) Carty top scored with 29 runs and Terry Adams made 26. Both Jaidel Richardson and Useph Hodge picked up 1 wicket each for ALCHS. In reply, the school made 121 for 3 from 17.3 overs. Jaidel Richardson and Demari Prince both made 31runs and Demitri Adams also contributed 29 runs.
On Sunday, the Masters played the GT Blazers. GT Blazers batted first and made 108 for 7 wickets from their 20 overs. Demari Prince top scored with 53 runs. In reply, the masters made 110 for 5 wickets. Lawrence (Lalu) Carty made 32 runs supported by Shridath Rey 18 not out.
Kiddy’s Cricket
The closing ceremony for the Primary schools Kiddy’s Cricket tournament was held at the James Ronald Webster Park on Friday the 23rd May. An exhibition match was held between the Valley school who won the tournament and a combine team from the rest primary schools. Valley school won.
The tournament was sponsored by Scotia Bank Anguilla at which representatives were present to awarded kids with gifts for participating in the tournament. Trophies were awarded to the top 3 schools and also individual awards given. The results were as follows:
1st Valley Primary School
2nd Adrian T Hazell Primary School/ Vivien Vanterpool Primary School
Most Runs – Damian Hodge (Valley Primary School)
Best Fielder – Sherron Richardson (Valley Primary School)
Most outstanding Bowler – Christopher (Vivien Vanterpool Primary School)
Most Discipline School – Adrian T Hazell Primary School.
Most Improve School – Central Christian School
Basketball
The local Basketball tournament at the Ashley Brooks Basketball court continued this weekend. Below are the results of those games.
DATE Team Team Top Scorers
Sunday, May 25th Knights – 59 Shottaz – 69 Javille Brooks 26 points, 7 rebs
Sunday, May 25th Spartans – 29 Raiders – 64 Crefton Gumbs 18 points, 11 rebs
Saturday, May 24th Hoyas – 70 Raiders – 54
Saturday, May 24th Knights – 67 Outlaws- 55
Rising NBA Star Mr. Anthony Davis visits Anguilla
Rising NBA Star Mr. Anthony Davis visited the Alwyn Allison Primary School and Adrian T. Hazell Primary School during his stay in Anguilla. He was accompanied by Mr. Richard Alexander General Manager and Jose Flores Director of Finance from Viceroy Anguilla along with Javille Brooks and Josheem Morton,members of the Anguilla Youth Sports Foundation (founded by Thomas Kelly) and Delano Mussington (Programme Officer, Sports Department) . The 6′-10″ giant, who currently plays for the New Orleans Pelicans, was selected first overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.
Mr. Davis took time to meet with the kids and told them about his times growing up on the South Side of Chicago Streets where crime and distractions surrounded him. He told the kids he always knew he wanted to be a professional basketball player, so he had to maintain his grades and work hard on his game to achieve his goals in life. Mr. Davis reminded the kids that Education is the key, so they must apply themselves academically in order to achieve their goals in life.
Mr. Davis attended the University of Kentucky for one year before following his dream to become a professional basketball player, he plans on taking on-line courses to obtain a business degree. One day he hopes to be a successful businessman after his career in the NBA. Before leaving Mr. Davis answered questions and signed autographs for kids. He was even asked to do a 360 Dunk by one of the kids, which he easily did. The kids were excited to meet Mr. Davis and thanked him for taking the time to meet with them.
Athletics
A contingent of 22 athletes accompanied by parents and coaches under the umbrella of the Central Christian School travelled to St. Martin, on Friday 23rd May to participate in the annual athletic meet for primary schools. They were accompanied by a number of parents& coaches. Other participating schools were St. Barths, Haville Williams, Sandy Ground, and French Quarter St Maarten.
The meet was of a circuit nature, with events comprising of long jump, 50 meter runs, ball throws and 6x50metre relays. Amongst the athletes was Leeward Island youth selectees Daemikwa Wallace of Central Christian, Akoya Phillip of Vivian Vanterpool and Armoni Gumbs of Allwyn Allison. The three aforementioned athletes along with Leondre Hobson, Devon Perkins, Verejee Hodge, Tajah Carter, Shane Fleming, Destiny Richardson and Deluca Mussington were among the most outstanding performers of the meet.
Anguilla (Central Christian School) amassed 353 points, placing second (2nd) overall. The breakdowns of scores for Anguilla are as follows:
Ball Throw – 70 pts Long Jump – 110 pts
50 metres – 93 pts 6×50 relays – 80 pts
The overall scores are as follows:
Winner: French Quarter – 387 pts
2nd Place: Anguilla – 353 pts
3rd Place: Sandy Ground – 350 pts
4th Place : Haville Williams – 293 pts
5th Place: St. Barths – 279 pts
Anguilla also took bragging rights in a 50 metre race-off of the top athletes. Daemikwa & Akoya dominated for the girls and Armoni & Shane for the boys.
It was good exposure for the athletesto engage in friendly exchanges, and good social interaction. The event climaxed with a tour of the island.
Cycling
The Anguilla Cycling Association held its 2nd Annual Anguilla Day Race on Sunday, May 25, 2014. The race started at approximately 12:45 p.m. at the Highway Tyre Center, George Hill, where was also the finishing point. Some 25 Cyclists participated in Elite, Master and Junior Categories. Races for children were also added this year and brought much excitement to the children, parents and cycling fans. The results were as follows:
Children’s Races
9-11 yr old boys
1st place Eveon Claxton
2nd place Nicholas Carbon
3rd place Cailon Flemming
4th Kai Ruan
5th Samoi Niles
6-8 yr old boys
1st place Kanye Paris
2nd place Demitri Niles
3rd place Sharvine Narine
4th place Veon Claxton
4 yr old boys
1st place Leon Claxton
9-11 girls
1st Elnisha Gumbs
Masters Category
1st place Keverne Authur
2nd place Gossie Arvand
3rd place Pappie Carty
Juniors Category
1st place Matteo Patris (VCG, SXM)
2nd place Jamari Bryan (Double Trouble, AXA)
3rd place Hasani Hennis (Double Trouble, AXA)
Elite Category
1st place Sherwin Osbourne
2nd place Danny Laud
3rd place Benjamin (Donger) Phillip
4th Justin Hodge
5th Elroy Laud
6th Kris Pradel
7th Vinesh Narine
The Anguilla Amateur Cycling Association would like to thank, the local and St. Maarten/Martin Cyclists, The Government of Anguilla, The Staff of the Sports Office, DJ Kue, The Royal Anguilla Police Force, The Management of Highway Tire Services & Sales, Parents of Children who participated, Alexis Ryan, Lynn Williams, Curtis Ruan and the many cycling fans. Thanks for your support.
The next race, “The Benjamin “Donger” Phillip Cycling Challenge” will be on June 8, 2014 at East End.
Netball
The Association will be holding it Anguilla Day Island-Side Netball Tournament, June 6 -8th 2014. Participating teams will be Anguilla, Jamaica, Dominica and St Kitts. Matches will be played at the James Ronald Webster Park beginning at 6pm.
Dominoes:
The Anguilla Day Domino Tournament was held over the weekends May 16-17 and 23-24.
This year the tournament format was change from previous years. Unlike previous years when all 12 registered teams with the Domino Association participated, we decided this year to have a District Tournament. We had all 7 Electoral Districts, an All-Star and a Female Team participating giving a total of 9 teams. It was a keenly contested competition over the two weekends and at end of the tournament the results were as follows:
District 2 – 318 points
District 7 – 308 points
District 6 – 297 points
Prizes awarded were trophies and a cash prize of US$300.00 for first place.
The Association will like to thank all players and sponsors including the Government of Anguilla.
Caribbean Sports and Development Agency (CSDA) Workshop – Trinidad 22-23 May
Ms Katrina Richardson, Acting Deputy Director of Sports was among 60 attendees at the CSDA two day workshop held in Trinidad 22-23 May held under theme “Redefining Normal”. The conference was intended to bring together policy makers, practitioners and academics from the fields of sport, education, health, disability and social development to share current international trends, ideas, challenges and experiences from both research and practice in an effort to challenge the status quo that often defines traditional practice in sport and sport for development. Other issues discussed were ways to strengthen sports and development programming through capacity building workshops that target core thematic areas of health, safeguarding and child protection in sport and youth. Findings were also presented on regional sport and development research projects in the Caribbean.
-Press Release
(Published without editing by The Anguillian newspaper.)
